From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1ED8ss-0008GZ-BD for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 07 Sep 2005 22:59:14 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with SMTP id j87MrZKi030596; Wed, 7 Sep 2005 22:53:35 GMT Received: from ihug-mail.icp-qv1-irony2.iinet.net.au (mail-iinet.icp-qv1-irony2.iinet.net.au [203.59.1.196]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j87MrW80021179 for ; Wed, 7 Sep 2005 22:53:34 GMT Received: from 203-59-30-239.dyn.iinet.net.au (HELO moriah.localdomain) ([203.59.30.239]) by ihug-mail.icp-qv1-irony2.iinet.net.au with ESMTP; 08 Sep 2005 06:57:05 +0800 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by moriah.localdomain (Postfix) with ESMTP id 97DB09B7C0 for ; Thu, 8 Sep 2005 06:57:03 +0800 (WST) Received: from moriah.localdomain ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (moriah [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 06738-02 for ; Thu, 8 Sep 2005 06:56:59 +0800 (WST) Received: from rattus.localdomain (rattus [192.168.1.2]) by moriah.localdomain (Postfix) with ESMTP id D73B96F7F for ; Thu, 8 Sep 2005 06:56:59 +0800 (WST) Subject: Re: [gentoo-server] prioritising security updates From: William Kenworthy To: gentoo-server@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <20050907152826.GA19090@huxley.linguistik.uni-erlangen.de> References: <431CDE1C.1040809@catprosystems.com> <431DC6B8.6030608@munat.com> <431E0FDA.70805@lunatic.net.nz> <200509062312.56131.michael@irey.org> <1126075689.8496.166.camel@localhost> <20050907152826.GA19090@huxley.linguistik.uni-erlangen.de> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Home! Date: Thu, 08 Sep 2005 06:56:59 +0800 Message-Id: <1126133819.15757.1.camel@rattus.localdomain> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-server@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-server@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.2.3 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at localdomain X-Archives-Salt: d83fc66a-e1f6-4dc7-8b07-906d7d5391a3 X-Archives-Hash: 5f904b1434c1344b5c06c2e3d506707c rattus src # grep -n compress `which emerge` 2425: "--compress", # Compress the data transmitted rattus src # Its in the arguments passed to rsync in the emerge script which is where I got it from. If emerge uses it ... BillK On Wed, 2005-09-07 at 17:28 +0200, Matthias Bethke wrote: > Hi W.Kenworthy, > on Wednesday, 2005-09-07 at 14:48:08, you wrote: > > or to reduce bandwidth try this as the crontab command: > > > > rsync --recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress > ^^^^^^^^^^ > IIRC you're not supposed to do this as it generates too much load on the > gentoo mirrors. Might depend on the individual server's policy but I > think that's the general rule. > > regards > Matthias -- William Kenworthy Home! -- gentoo-server@gentoo.org mailing list